Sound deadening supporting element for fastening machine members



D'ec. 10, 1940. 1.2L. HAADE'M SOUND DEADENING SUPPORTING ELEMENT FOR FASTEflING MACHINE MEMBERS Filed Sept. 30, 1938 Fig. 2

Pgtented Dec. 10, 194i) t V UNITED Ivar Liiken Haadem, Ostre Aker, near Oslo,

Norway 1 Application September 30,1938, Serial No. 232,675 In Norway October 8, 1937 2 Claims. (Cl. 248-21) This invention has for its object to provide a therefore also no complete metallic contact besupporting element of sound deadening material tween the machine member 8 and the foundation for fastening machine members to foundations. 5 will exist. Of course it is not quite necessary It appears that hard parts and particularly metal that both the holes 3 and the holes 6 shall be has a high capacity for propagating sound and without any metallic contact with their bolts. In therefore it is always tried to avoid direct confact it is suflicient if only at one of these places tact between metal parts during erection, when there is no metallic contact, but the best result the question of deadening sound is involved. as regard sound deadeningis obtained when no In the sound deadening supporting element acmetallic contact is present at any of these places. cording to this invention a metal reinforcement As shown in Fig. 1 the supporting element prop- 10 is arranged in such a manner that the latter is er is made with two end portions or feet which, prevented from being displaced in relation to are connectedby a bridgelike intermediate p0r-'" the sound deadening material of the element and tion, and the latter is arranged at a somewhat from entering into contact either with the attachhigher level than the two end portions or feet.

ing bolts of the machine member or with the The purpose of this is to prevent the fastening 15 sound deadening element or with both. -By such bolt 1 from entering into contact with the foundaj an arrangement it is possible to construct a suption 5, by lifting it to a sufficient degree above the porting element as a finished article for use in same in order notonly to prevent such'ontact, erection of machine members or machines, bebut also to enable an easy insertion and removal l 2C cause such elements may then be made in standof the bolt 1. v ard size, so that it is possible in each particular Besides, the supporting element is made in such case to choose the size which is suitable. a manner that it is strong enough in itself to sus- According to the invention the portion of the tain the strains which arise owing to weight, vielement which constitutes a support for the fasbrations or other movements or loads of the matening bolt or bolts of'the machine member is so chine member 8. The supporting element may 25 arranged as to be freely located, and the fastenalso be made as shown in Fig. with only One ing part. of the elementis preferably arranged at bolt hole for the foundation bolt 4 and with a bolt a higher level than the portion of same which hole for the fastening bolt I of the machine memmay be fastened to thefoundation. A suitable her, while instead of a second foundation bolt hole 0 39 embodiment isobtained by bending the middle a downwardly directed portion I0 is arranged 3 p o 01 em ht up y o fl b d which is also reinforced and serves to support a in relation to its 'end portions, I portion of the 'load from the machine member. The invention is illustr tedfiy -37 bi e a p Furthermore, the construction may be altered in by Several im ih e l ls wnthe drawingmany different manners without departing from Fig. '1 shows anielevation'of:a preferred embodit principle of t invention, 35

merit of a supporting element; "Fig. 2" shows a cor- 1 u responding P n Fig-3 Shhws modmed 1. A sound and vibration deadening element for hodiment 0f the -fkm t supporting and fastening machine elements to a In the cohstrhchoh according "t 1 the foundation, comprising an arched body made of 40 supporting element 15 Preferably made of rubber non-metallic, resilient sound and vibration dead- 40 or of another elastic plastic material which is ening material and provided with a bolt hole for Sound deadehihg- In the rubber h t receiving a bolt for fastening the machine member forcement 2 is embedded. preferably n the form and with a bolt hole for receiving a bolt forfasof a metal ribbon, in such a manner that it is tening the element to the foundation, said bolt located permanently fixed inside the material holes being parallel to each other, and-a similarly oper nd the e is t ab to be displaced arched flexible metal reinforcement extending to a y d ec s metal ribbon is provided throughout the said body, in a general direction with holes 3 fore bolts 4 i the foundasubstantially perpendicular tothe direction of the tion 5 and is also provided with holes 8 for bolts bolt, holes and embedded in th body t r-1 ,1 so

l which serve to fasten the machine member 8 to as ,t be fixed agaifist displacement th r i and 50 e Supporting e m e holes 3 and 5 are said reinforcement having bolt holes coaxial with made with such large diameters that there is and larger than the bolt holes of the flexible masumcient d sta e between. the e edges and terial so that the bolts cannot contact with said the fasten b s 4 and 7 in question, o that no metal reinforcement, said bolt holes of said reinmetallic contact will occur at these places and fqrg'ement b i spaced apart and the portion of 55 non-metallic, resilient sound and vibration dead 5 ening material and having a middle portion -provided with a bolt hole extending entirely them through for accommodating-a bolt for fastening i the machine to the element and provided with end portions located at a lower level than the middle portion and provided with holes extending entirely therethrou'gh parallel to the first-men- 1 tioned hole and accommodating bolts for fastening the element to the foundation, and a similarly arched, flexible metal reinforcemeni extending throughout the said body in a general direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of the bolt holes and embedded in the body material so that it cannot be displaced .therein,' said reinforcement having bolt'holes-cosxial with and larger thanthe first-mentioned bolt holes so that 7 the bolts cannot contact vith said metal rein- 'forcement, the bolt holes of said reinforcement being spaced apart and the portionvof the reinforcement extending therebetween being free to flex under theiniiuence of variation of the forces. .7 

